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Claim: Should be emboldened

Reason: [skip reasoning for now]

Evidence: list and define the values you are interested in, state the concept (quote or paraphrase) from Nadal, including page number); cite quotes from Ibarra's "US", and include relevant descriptions of Ibarra's video and/or Luna's cartoon. NUMBER your distinct pieces of evidence]

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Traditional Filipino gender roles are restricting towards Filipina's and Filipino women must stand in solidarity with other women to redefine Filipina femininity.

Ruby Ibarra exemplifies this in her song "Us"

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Kapwa brings Filipinos together. Filipinos are stronger when united.

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Katherine A.
Lakas ng loob allows Filipinos to be heroes together and to unite them as one.

1. Lakas ng loob: refers to one's inner self
2. Bayanihan: being in a community
3. "Often used to describe the ability for Filipinos and Filipino Americans to work together for a common good." (Nadal 43).
4. "We don't fight for the money, for the greedy, for the white man
All we want is our freedom
And the right to live on our motherland. " (Rivera, Verse 2)
5. "Filipinos are no strangers to wielding their power." (Santilla, Spoken Word)
5. In Josh Luna's cartoon, Lakas ng loob can be seen through the illustration of a Filipino man in a hero costume telling Americans to speak up and vote.

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Filipino values are adopted into all aspects of a Filipino American's life.
The value of kapwa is featured in Josh Luna's comic called, "Terminasian", in the image including a description of Nurses, Larry Itliong & Cannery/Farm Workers, and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) shown raising their fists as a sign of unity and kapwa for a common goal of better working conditions in the U.S.

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John A.
Filipinos tend to not give up and try to be independent through unity and power of bayanihan.
“All we want is our freedom

And the right to live on on our motherland” (song “us”)
“Your DNA contains building blocks made from the

mud of over 500 years of resistance and survival” (us)

In the Josh luna Cartoon, it specifically talks how Filipinos were being bombarded with racism and discrimination which could lead to depression and other certain mental illness. Filipinos are usually soft on emotional feelings and it may cause damage through their state of mind.

On my experience with the manongs, it made me sad due to the fact that they were not credited enough work which eventually changed how Filipinos were treated until now.

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Filipinos are strong when they unite. They are determined and never give up

- Nicely done. Now, make sure to include your evidence (sources) quotes, page numbers, descriptions. - Henry

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Filipinos will fight even if odds are not on their side. This is an example of "Bahala na". In Ruby Ibarra's song "US", she stated, "But we putting' our heart into darkness." What she's saying here is even though living here in America as a Filipino is hard, we tend to push ourselves to be successful and fight for our own color.

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Unity is important and is constantly practiced in Filipino culture and history.

This is showcased in Ruby Ibarra's

Yes. Now, make sure to cite your evidence - page numbers, descriptions, etc. - Henry

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Filipinos have a strong sense of community and determination when facing issues of colonial mentality.

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The Filipino sense of community, or bayanihan, is shaped and rooted in Filipino struggle.

- Ruby Ibarra’s “Us”
- Filipino farm workers coming together to go on the grape strikes
- Kapwa, filipino identity

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Unity
Filipino history has always been intertwined with American affairs. Filipinos have to band together and find their inner strength to fight against any oppressive behavior.

-Lakas ng Loob: Inner Strength
-Bayanihan: Community
-Kapwa: Identity

-"We don’t take no shit except an oppressor’s lifeline/
If you step out of your line, I will protect what’s mine" (Ibarra, Verse 3)
-"Your DNA contains building blocks made from the mud of over 500 years of resistance and survival/
And when you are ready, sis, we’ll be right here/ " (Santilla, HOOK)

-Josh Luna illustrated the evergoing Filipino struggle throughout time against American superiority. On the right side of the panels, there was a use of repetition of the word "fire" demonstrating the authority and power held over the Filipinx community.

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Lakas ng Loob, or inner strength, is an essential part of self-identity and discovery in order to create a sense of unity amongst peoples..

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We Fight Together
Filipinos do not hesitate to stand up for each other when they see oppression towards their community.

-Lakas ng loob: inner strength
-Utang ng loob: debt of reciprocity
-Bayanihan: community

-"Island women rise, walang makakatigil/Brown, brown woman, rise alamin and young ugat" (Klassy, Hook)
-"Pinays have always been part, and parcel, if not, imperative and critical to the struggle/Filipinas are no strangers to wielding our own power" (Santilla, Spoken Word)

Bayanihan is shown in Josh Luna's comic, "Terminasian" when you see a crowd of Filipinos fighting against issues such as sovereignty, money, and working conditions.

"Lakas ng loob can be best demonstrated through Filipino "People Power" protests in which groups found the strength to stand up for what they believed in" (Nadal 40).

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Bayanihan keeps Filipinos united in the face of adversity.

Bayanihan: community
Lakas ng loob: inner strength
Utang ng loob: reciprocity
In the comic by Josh Luna,

Bayanihan can be seen through the numerous fists standing together symbolizing the sense of Filipino unity. The reason for this is because Filipinos are very group-oriented and are willing to band together when they truly believe in something.

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A sense of community:
Filipinos have a strong sense of unity with their community. One of the major values in Filipino culture is kapwa, which translated roughly means fellow being. It is also represented Joshua's Terminasian where the left side of the comic show Filipinos all together fighting for something in common. It is even mentioned in "US" by Ruby Ibarra, Klassy, and Faith Santilla where one of the lyrics hints towards this idea with the lyrics in question being "Brown, brown women rise, alamin ang yung ugat, They got nothing on us. Nothing on us, nothing on us." Both sources indicate that the fillipinos have a strong sense of communtiy, even after all these years and the take over of two nations , Spain and the US, they still hold this value through out their community.

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Filipino and Filipino American History is what connects all Filipinos and we should be proud of our roots. We need to stand together and help each other out in finding our inner strengths if we want to stand by what is truly important: to lively freely.

-Kapwa: Connectedness to others through identity
-Bayanihan: Community of people working together
-Lakas ng Loob: Inner Strength/Being Courageous
-Utang ng Loob: Giving Back to your neighbors or kapwa

Your DNA contains building blocks made from the mud of over 500 years of resistance and survival (Santilla, Spoken Word)
We don’t fight for the money, for the greedy, for the white man
All we want is our freedom, and the right to live on on our motherland
(Rivera, Verse 2)

Josh Luna's comic strip, "INTERGENERASIANAL TRAUMA" expresses the idea of how ongoing problems that Filipino Americans go through effects the way they view life and end up raising their children. In every generation, Filipinos are being controlled and overthrown by mostly whites. Filipinos never lived in peace and the last illustration shows that they possibly never will if we don't stand up for ourselves.

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Filipino's value of Kamalayan is the awareness or consciousness of that which is around or within you. This is being presented in the comic Terminasian, which brings about an act to stand up or fight for a belief.

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Filipinos are a very determined group of individuals. In Ruby Ibarra's song "US" she states "island women rise, walang makakatigil" ( no one can stop us).   This means that Filipinos are strong willed and always fight for what they believe in.

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Claim: Filipinos are resilient, determined and have a strong sense of unity.
Evidence: In Josh Luna's Terminasian there is a struggle of Filipinos against power and they overcome power with unity.

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Know your roots, referring to the song "US" by Ruby Ibarra, is important to note or keep in mind as it empowers Filipinos by understanding how we came up through our values of bayanihan and kapwa

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Claim: Filipinos will stand up for themselves regardless of the struggles and will unite to become powerful.

The song "US" by Ruby Ibarra portrays in this which is "All we want is our freedom
And the right to live on on our motherland"  and "Island woman rise, walang makakatigil. Brown, brown woman, rise, alamin ang yung ugat. They got nothin' on us". It shows how we Filipinos will never give up despite the struggles and will be stronger than ever once we unite.

In Josh Luna's cartoon, it is depicts that we have been fighting all these years since the start of the Spanish colonization until now. A specific example within the illustration is when people are fighting for our rights for equal wages and goes to show how e band together in order to achieve a common enemy or goal.

A common themed value to this is Bayanihan, working together to achieve a common goal, all through the years we would band together to achieve independence from the Americans and also portray that we will never give up until the end.

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Filipinos value community and unity between each other. The Comic Terminasian by Luna shows Filipinos in unity fighting for changes having power to themselves fighting for the same goal as a community. Ruby Ibarra's song "Us" has lines such as "Sis" and "Isang Bagsak" that show a shared identity between Filipinos. This Filipino value is Kapwa which is a shared identity with someone else. The idea of Filipino Hospitality mentioned by Nadal demonstrates community giving someone care because they are in your presence. ( ) The Manongs valued community pushing for Cesar Chavez and the Mexican farm workers to join with them showing Kapwa between the two different farming ethnicities to work together for a common goal.

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Filipinos showcase the idea of Kapwa. In Luna's cartoon, "Terminasian" Filipinos throughout history have joined together to fight for a common cause and to have their voices heard. The reason for this is because standing up for what they believe in is stronger with a community to back them up.

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Unity is the essential power to transform racial and ethnic development in Filipino culture. One first means one unity as a whole. This values Bayanihan, lakas ng loob, and kapwa by showcasing their self identity and having strong confidence to stand up as a collective community.

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Claim: Filipinos has the power the unite together and speak up for their rights.
According to Nadal in his book Filipino American Psychology, he talked about the Colonial Mentality and stereotypes that the Filipinos experienced when they immigrated to U.S. and because of this they erased the culture that they have in order to fit in with the American's values. Unlike some other Filipino Americans who immigrated to America, they still embrace the Filipino culture that they have (pg.98). In Ruby Ibarra's song "US", she stated, "Island women rise" and she repeated this a couple times. This is her telling the women to stand up and stand together against the stereotypes that they are experiencing and she is reminding women to that they have the power to speak up. Ibarra immigrated to America with her family and she is one of the Filipinos who still have their culture. In her song, it was showing a lot of values and I believe the main value that she was using was Bayanihan. They were working together as a community to get what they want and deserve. I can also relate this value to Josh Luna's cartoon of a bunch of Asian Americans standing together with signs and their fists up in the air. This picture also shows Lakas ng Loob because they have that courage inside themselves to stand up and represent all the Asian Americans.

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Filipino-Americans shows the value of kapwa. The Comic by Luna "Terminasian" shows the value of kapwa by showing that throughout the history of Filipinos fight in unity/togetherness.

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Lakas ng Loob
Ruby Ibarra's 'US' is a call to decolonization by rejecting the ideas of marianismo and encouraging Filipinas to use the hidden power of their lakas ng loob--inner strength--to live against those ideals and become their true self.

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Julyun C.
Julyun C.
The Filipino sense of community, or bayanihan, is shaped and rooted in Filipino struggle. 

- Ruby Ibarra’s “Us”
- Filipino farm workers coming together to go on the grape strikes
- Kapwa, filipino identity

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Mia Mae D.
Mia Mae D.
Unity
Filipino history has always been intertwined with American affairs. Filipinos have to band together and find their inner strength to fight against any oppressive behavior.

-Lakas ng Loob: Inner Strength
-Bayanihan: Community
-Kapwa: Identity

-"We don’t take no shit except an oppressor’s lifeline/ 
If you step out of your line, I will protect what’s mine" (Ibarra, Verse 3)
-"Your DNA contains building blocks made from the mud of over 500 years of resistance and survival/ 
And when you are ready, sis, we’ll be right here/ " (Santilla, HOOK)

-Josh Luna illustrated the evergoing Filipino struggle throughout time against American superiority. On the right side of the panels, there was a use of repetition of the word "fire" demonstrating the authority and power held over the Filipinx community.
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Eli
Eli
Lakas ng Loob, or inner strength, is an essential part of self-identity and discovery in order to create a sense of unity amongst peoples..

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Madeline N
Madeline N
We Fight Together
Filipinos do not hesitate to stand up for each other when they see oppression towards their community.

-Lakas ng loob: inner strength
-Utang ng loob: debt of reciprocity
-Bayanihan: community

-"Island women rise, walang makakatigil/Brown, brown woman, rise alamin and young ugat" (Klassy, Hook)
-"Pinays have always been part, and parcel, if not, imperative and critical to the struggle/Filipinas are no strangers to wielding our own power" (Santilla, Spoken Word)

Bayanihan is shown in Josh Luna's comic, "Terminasian" when you see a crowd of Filipinos fighting against issues such as sovereignty, money, and working conditions.

"Lakas ng loob can be best demonstrated through Filipino "People Power" protests in which groups found the strength to stand up for what they believed in" (Nadal 40).
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Lakas ng Loob unites Filipinos to speak up and empower others.

“Pinays have always been part, and parcel, if not, imperative and critical to the struggle,”
- Ruby Ibarra’s “Us”

Lakas ng loob refers to inner strength, the quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face struggle, pain, difficulty, and uncertainty with courage and without fear.